Photo #: NH 64486
USS California (BB-44)
Members of the Salvage Division discussing her salvage at Pearl
Harbor, circa February-March 1942. Those present are (from left
to right):
Chief Shipfitter J.M. Ephland, Master Diver;
Lieutenant Wilfred L. Painter, Officer in Charge of Work;
Commander John F. Warris, Temporary Commanding Officer, USS California;
Captain Homer N. Wallin, Salvage Officer;
Lieutenant James W. Greely, Assistant Salvage Officer;
Lieutenant Wilbert M. Bjork, Assistant Salvage Officer; and
Lieutenant James W. Darroch, Assistant Salvage Officer.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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